diff --git a/tket/src/Circuit/ControlledGates.cpp b/tket/src/Circuit/ControlledGates.cpp
index e00bf4b219..97efd617cc 100644
--- a/tket/src/Circuit/ControlledGates.cpp
+++ b/tket/src/Circuit/ControlledGates.cpp
@@ -817,11 +817,11 @@ Circuit CnRz_normal_decomp(const Op_ptr op, unsigned arity) {
   // Therefore we add basis change Clifford gates to this qubit
   Circuit rep(arity);
 
-  rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::Sdg, {arity - 1});
   rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::H, {arity - 1});
+  rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::Sdg, {arity - 1});
   rep.append(cnry_circuit);
-  rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::H, {arity - 1});
   rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::S, {arity - 1});
+  rep.add_op<unsigned>(OpType::H, {arity - 1});
   return rep;
 }